Sunday's Notebook

May 26, 1986

Turner Gill, who spent two seasons as a Canadian Football League quarterback after leading Nebraska to a three-year record of 28-2, has signed a contract to play baseball for the Cleveland Indians' Class A affiliate in Waterloo, Iowa. Gill, 23, played shortstop through his junior year at Nebraska. ''I've been fighting a battle my whole life as to whether I would play football or baseball,'' Gill said. ''I have no regrets. I'm thankful I was able to have the football career I had, and now I'm hopeful about baseball.'' Doctors had advised Gill to end his football career because he had a history of concussions, he said. Gill was drafted in the second round of the June 1980 draft by the Chicago White Sox and again in the 18th round of the June 1983 draft by the New York Yankees, but he chose to pursue a career with Montreal in the CFL. He spent the past two seasons as Montreal's starting quarterback.